Movies: Mauri Jaakkola

  • 1949
    Prinsessa Ruusunen

    Prinsessa Ruusunen (1949)

    Prinsessa Ruusunen

    31949HD

    Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince....

    Prinsessa Ruusunen
  • 1946
    Kirkastuva sävel

    Kirkastuva sävel (1946)

    Kirkastuva sävel

    51946HD

    A story about the life of Eero, a machine shop worker, and his younger brother Martin in the working-class neighborhoods of Helsinki, and the change brought about by a conductor and his daughter who move in next door....

    Kirkastuva sävel
  • 1947
    Kultamitalivaimo

    Kultamitalivaimo (1947)

    Kultamitalivaimo

    51947HD

    Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes....

    Kultamitalivaimo
  • 1950
    Tapahtui kaukana

    Tapahtui kaukana (1950)

    Tapahtui kaukana

    31950HD

    Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabited by two research engineers and a funny old Lapl...

    Tapahtui kaukana
  • 1969
    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    5.41969HD

    A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts ab...

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
  • 1968
    Here, Beneath the North Star

    Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)

    Here, Beneath the North Star

    6.91968HD

    Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives u...

    Here, Beneath the North Star
  • 1952
    The Witch

    The Witch (1952)

    The Witch

    6.31952HD

    An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy......

    The Witch
  • 1984
    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (1984)

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    01984HD

    Based on Nikolai Erdman’s banned 1928 comedy play The Suicide, a socially critical grotesque about a man tired of life...

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
  • 1949
    Ruma Elsa

    Ruma Elsa (1949)

    Ruma Elsa

    6.71949HD

    The boyish, temperamental chemistry student Elsa Kassel disapproves of her mother and sisters running after men, but when she hears that she's referred to as "ugly Elsa", she takes on a transformation. The new, charming Elsa tests her attractiveness ...

    Ruma Elsa
  • 1950
    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin (1950)

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin

    11950HD

    In the heart of Savo, police officer Kontkanen is searching for Heikki, a man suspected of selling alcohol. At the same time, he tries to catch the ram that has escaped from Piiroinen's farm and win the heart of Annastiina, the farmer's daughter, who...

    Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
  • 1956
    The Harvest Month

    The Harvest Month (1956)

    The Harvest Month

    6.71956HD

    The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decli...

    The Harvest Month
  • 1956
    Lain mukaan

    Lain mukaan (1956)

    Lain mukaan

    5.51956HD

    Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services....

    Lain mukaan
  • 1970
    Akseli and Elina

    Akseli and Elina (1970)

    Akseli and Elina

    6.41970HD

    A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people....

    Akseli and Elina
  • 1955
    Villi Pohjola

    Villi Pohjola (1955)

    Villi Pohjola

    6.71955HD

    A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor....

    Villi Pohjola
  • 1963
    Turkasen tenava!

    Turkasen tenava! (1963)

    Turkasen tenava!

    01963HD

    Architect Matti picks up Ritva and her young son while on a business trip. When the car runs out of gas, the travelers are forced to spend the night at a guesthouse, pretending to be a married couple. During the night, Ritva runs away, leaving the ch...

    Turkasen tenava!
  • 1951
    Tytön huivi

    Tytön huivi (1951)

    Tytön huivi

    5.51951HD

    Young Affu sets off to travel around the summer countryside, hoping to find himself a bride. He carries with him an engagement scarf given to him by his mother, which he promises to the farmer's daughter Milda, until he meets the mysterious gypsy gir...

    Tytön huivi
  • 1961
    Kultainen vasikka

    Kultainen vasikka (1961)

    Kultainen vasikka

    01961HD

    Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni....

    Kultainen vasikka
  • 1951
    Rion yö

    Rion yö (1951)

    Rion yö

    21951HD

    Three sailors rescue Carmen, who has fallen into the clutches of the white slave trade, and also manage to destroy a drug gang....

    Rion yö
  • 1971
    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin (1971)

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

    41971HD

    A story of an escaped convict and some funny side stories during the Finnish summer, some stolen clothes and some summer romance thrown in....

    Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
  • 1957
    Kuriton sukupolvi

    Kuriton sukupolvi (1957)

    Kuriton sukupolvi

    6.51957HD

    Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife ...

    Kuriton sukupolvi